AIRPORTOPS

• AIRPORT COMPLIANCE MANUAL

  • It sets forth policies and procedures for the FAA Airport Compliance Program.

  • It provides basic guidance in interpreting and administering the various continuing commitments airport owners.
• Surplus Property Act of 1944

  • It was enacted to provide for the disposal of surplus government property to "a State, political subdivision of a State, or tax- supported organization".
• • It authorized a three-member board, known as the Surplus Property Board.
• PAVEMENT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE (GRANT ASSURANCE 11)

  • Airports are required to have a preventative maintenance management program, and it is often the function of Airport Operations to report pavement deterioration
• CONFORMITY TO PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS (GRANT ASSURANCE 16)

  • Airport operation personnel is charged with overseeing the safety of construction on airports.

   
• CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND APPROVAL (GRANT ASSURANCE 17)

  • It will provide and maintain competent technical supervision at the construction site throughout the project to assure that the work conforms to the plans, specifications, and schedules approved by the Secretary for the project.
• OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (GRANT ASSURANCE 19)

  • The airport and all facilities which are necessary to serve the aeronautical users of the airport, other than facilities owned or controlled by the United States
• Hazard Removal and Mitigation (Grant Assurance 20)

  To protect the airspace from obstructions or hazards to air navigation which includes the AIRPORT MOVEMENT AREA (AMA).
• Construction cranes that are erected overnight without warning. Therefore under grant assurance 19, the airport operator must issue a NOTICE TO AIRMEN (NOTAM) to warn pilots of the aeronautical hazard.
• ECONOMIC NONDISCRIMINATION (GRANT ASSURANCE 22)

  The Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities are business operating standards that are to be followed and maintain by all aeronautical business in the airport
• FEE AND RENTAL STRUCTURE (GRANT ASSURANCE 24 )

  • The FAA requires airports to set a fee and rental structure to make the airport as self-sustainable as possible.

  It is the responsibility of Airport Operations personnel to ensure that concessionaires are also following these minimum standards..
• Security

  Policies and regulations for the following:

  ▪ Access to the Secured and Sterile areas of the airport.

  ▪ Personnel wearing approved access/identification badge.

  ▪ To reprimand individuals who are not wearing the proper badge (or any badge) in Security Areas

  ▪ For individuals who do not have access/ ID in a Security Area to have a proper escort.
• Conducts of persons and tenants using the airport

  Policies and regulations relate to the following:

  ▪ Conduct of business and concessions

  ▪ Leafletting

  ▪ Passenger movement in authorized areas

  ▪ Regulations addressing bicycle, roller blades, skateboards or other conveyances within the airport.

  ▪ The use of reflective clothing in traffic control or construction sites.
• Vehicle Operations

  Policies and regulations relate to the following:

  ▪ Speed limit

  ▪ Licensing of drivers who operates vehicle on airport property

  ▪ Permits and markings for airside vehicles

  ▪ Reporting of accidents

   
• Landside- related regulation

  Regulations often relate to :

  ▪ Available parking area

  ▪ Access for taxicabs and other commercial vehicle operators.

  ▪ Revenue collection for commercial vehicles accessing the airport

  ▪ Duration of time allowed on the pick up and drop off location for personal and commercial vehicles.

  ▪ Solicitation rules by commercial vehicle operator.

   
• AIRSIDE REGULATION

  Regulations are relate to :

  ▪ Use and movement of aircraft on the airfield.

  ▪ Rules regarding takeoff, landing, taxiing, and positioning of an aircraft.

  ▪ Aircraft repair and washing requirement or restriction

  ▪ Helicopter operational requirement.
• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

  Airports can cause significant environmental issues through the :

  • Air Carriers

  • Construction Project
• OPERATION AND CONTROL OF CONCOURSE GATES

  Airport operational personal are in charged in managing the use of the preferential gates.

   
• NOISE ABATEMENT AND RUNWAY PROCEDURES

  Ops personnel oversee the :

  • Use of referential runway

  • Maximum climb out performance

  • Curfew
• FIXED BASE OPERATORS AND GENERAL AVIATION

  ▪ The FBO is most closely associated with providing aircraft and passenger services to the private flying community.

  ▪ In some GA airport FBO provides fueling services to air carriers.

  ▪ FBO provides private terminal operations for private and charter aircraft.
• CONCESSIONAIRES

  They are essential to most commercial service airport.

  In commercial service airport revenue earned by the airport is thru the services and products provided for the travelling public, employees, meters and greeters to the airport.

   
• VENDORS

  They provide a variety of services to the airport, including stocking the shelves of the concessionaires.

  Vendor deliveries to the Secured Areas of the airport are required by TSA to be inspected.
• CONTRACTORS

  Are typically associated with construction projects on airports.

  They also provide the following:

  • Information technology (IT) support

  • Tenant utilities

   
• PRIVATE AND CORPORATE AIRCRAFT TENANT

  ▪ Private developers build hangars on airport property leased directly from the airport operator.

  ▪ Large corporate operators may also have automobile gar- ages for VIPs, and limousines and private vehicles are often seen on their leasehold space as they pick up or drop off passengers.

   
• MILITARY

  Some public-use airports are co-located with military facilities.
• EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE

  • It is considered as a joint-use airport, which is owned by the Department of Defense in which it accommodates civilian sponsors desiring to use the airport.
• AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS

  • They conduct flight-testing at the airports with significant amounts of aircraft or aircraft component manufacturing are sometimes called “Industrial” airports.
• THROUGH THE FENCE AGREEMENT

  ✓ Aircraft manufacturers do not lease airport property, but either lease or own property adjacent to the airport and have an access agreement with airport management to use the landing facilities.
• TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS (TSO)

  ▪ They are security inspectors of TSA to ensure that the airport, aircraft operators, and air cargo operators are following their required security programs.
• TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

  • TSA personnel carry out screening functions both at passenger checkpoints and in checked baggage screening area

   
• CONTROL TOWERS

  Control towers are located at high-volume airports where safety is enhanced and aircraft separation is provided by the Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT).

   
• FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

  They operate most of the ATCT, but some airports with lower traffic volumes have contract towers, staffed by contract controllers rather than FAA personnel.
• UNICOM

  Also known as Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF)

  It is a common radio frequency for pilots to seek or issue advisory regarding air traffic and airport conditions.
• CLEARANCE DELIVERY

  A function that provides flight clearance information to pilots entering the air traffic control system.
• AIRPORT INSPECTION

  Areas that are for inspection are the following:

  ✓ Pavement

  ✓ Safety areas

  ✓ NAVAIDS

  ✓ Airfield lighting
• Airport Operations Center, or Ops center

  It refers to the general area where Airport Operations personnel conduct business.
• COMMUNICATION CENTER

  ✓ It is the hub of the airport ops.

  ✓ Its core functions include weather monitoring and communicating with airfield, terminal, and landside operations personnel to support the airport Ops functions
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  Security Operations Center

  • Personnel monitor the airport ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM (ACAMS), which monitors doors accessing Security Areas of the airport.
• Dispatcher Personnel

  They prioritize incoming calls, assess the appropriate responder and level of response, and determine which calls have a more urgent need for response and dispatch personnel.
• NOTIFICATION

  ✓ Airports with an Airport Emergency Plan are required to have a notification process for certain incidents, such as an airplane crash or poweroutage of the airfield lighting system.